The state will be the first to pay low-income workers 100 percent of their wages when they’re off.
, and goes even further to become the most generous family leave policy in the US.
Gov. Kate Brown signed the bill into law on Monday afternoon. "In 1991, as an advocate for the Women’s Rights Coalition, I first began working on paid family leave," . "Now, we can finally tell parents that they no longer will have to worry about losing their pay when they are having a baby or need to care for a loved one."The policy offers 12 weeks of paid time off. Plus, Oregeon will be the first state to pay low-income workers 100 percent of their wages when they’re off, with weekly benefits capped at around $1,215.
Nearly all workers will have access to the benefit, including those who work part-time. You just have to earn at least $1,000 in wages a year to qualifyIn order to roll out the new plan, the state will administer the benefit and start collecting a small payroll tax—no more than 1 percent—from employees and employers. Workers won’t start receiving paid time off until 2023.
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